Modern Halloween has become less literal about ghosts and ghouls and more about costumes and candy. The holiday is overflowing with action on its reserved night. Kids are so anxious to drag their parents out the door, show off their creative costumes, and ring their first doorbell for a fun-filled night of trick-or-treating as soon as the dismissal bell for school rings. High school students wait until the whole group of friends is together before they head out into the misty darkness with only the flickering street light to guide them. Meanwhile, adults are sipping on their witches brew at a local party or nightclub.…
sometimes nothing at all, just so that I would be able to get a nutritious meal each day. The thing…
After the Seven Year’s War in Ohio Country no one could have predicted that the next two decades would bring such dramatic change to the Britain’s mainland. After France was removed from the North Americans it created a huge debt that Britain had to find means to pay back, which caused a major change for Britain after 1963. The American Revolution was precipitated, in part, by a series of laws passed between 1764 and 1774 that regulating trade and taxes. This legislation caused tensions between colonists and imperial officials. The end of the war had also brought a recession, and British merchants began to ask for payment for debts that colonists had incurred buying British imports.…
Ruth was awake at 5:00, dressed in her jeans, with her suitcase in the trunk, she was ready to fill up the gas tank and drive thirty miles to Howardsville.…
A search of Derrick Robinson’s cell phone was done and at 4:46 a.m. an incoming call was received from (910) 644-7834. The phone number was checked through several Police data bases with negative results. I then searched the phone number through Facebook and learned it was assigned to a J-Rock Ru. I then attempted to see if this was the same J-Rock that went to Emily Hamlin residence on the night of the Homicide.…
… A city beneath ocean level? Why in the world would anybody need to go to a city underneath…
As a child I was psyched up, I couldn’t wait to look at all the pumpkins and carve it as a dinosaur. I literally was obsessed with dinosaurs until the age of nine. We parked our 1997 Corolla and started to walk to all the bright orange pumpkins. Something was strange from the looks of this place. All the pumpkins had white little tags on them but they weren’t dollar signs like you would expect. They all had words on them, I was only six at the time so I couldn’t read that much. A few words I read out loud from one of the white little tags but struggled to read the whole sentence. My mom was confused too, why would all the pumpkins have stupid little quotes on them she murmured. We soon found out shortly that this was at our advantage and not a disappointment. A tall black man with dreads came out of the trailer by the pumpkin patch and walked up to us. He asked “What can I help you with folks?” My mother asked him about the pumpkins and the quotes on them. He laughed, since it’s three days before Halloween were having a little contest. I looked up at him and…
As I drive up to the Stone Center, I notice there were people and children already here. When I walk inside the Stone Center, there were Halloween decorates all over the place. The tables were cover with a black cloth, orange Halloween bucket filled with crayon for the children, and Halloween coloring books on the tables. Don't get me start on the food. The smell of the delicious food reminds me of my mother homecooked meal and the cupcakes look beautiful with orange frosting and colorful, Halloween sprinkler on top of it. As people started coming in, I got to worry that we didn't have enough chairs as so many people there was.…
The day right after Halloween, of the year of 2014, was the day of my Uncle’s, Pollo’s funeral. It has been 2 weeks since he died in a hospital. Here is an excerpt from a daily action news, “A Red Bluff man who was beaten unconscious last week has died from his injuries officials announced Monday.Red Bluff Police were called to fight in progress on the 700 block of South Jackson Street just after 5 p.m. Wednesday. When officers arrived found 33-year-old Rogelio McDarment lying in the road near an apartment complex. McDarment was taken to Mercy Medical center where he died Saturday. Working with a vehicle description and witness descriptions, investigators identified Joseph Michael…
On November 22nd, The day before Thanksgiving, Rachel went food shopping with her mom.” Mom, what are we getting? “ Rachel asked with a smirk on her face. Her mom answered, “Turkey, Steak, and Mashed Potatoes. Why?“. “Because I want to know what we’re going to eat tonight!”, Rachel replied with a serious face. ”You’ll see what we’re having tonight, you’ll love it!“, Rachel’s mom replied with a smile on her face and went on looking around the store. When Rachel and her mom were about to leave, she saw a mysterious person staring, waiting for their next action….…
Halloween is celebrated on the October 31.We celebrated because back in the 1800’s there were immigrants themselves wore starting to can to the United States.Since they are from Ireland and the people started their tradition in the USA.we celebrated by eating great meals and dressing in costumes.…
For many people. the months December through February create a vision of happiness and holiday cheer. The thought of all the warm Christmas cookies you and your mom would make, or the pine sweet smell of your just brought home tree, you, already prepared with your basket of ornaments, dusty from being in your basement all year long. The hope of a new year, of new beginnings, of fresh snow, and coming inside from the cold to sit by the burning fire with your favorite book. Thinking of these months can stir up a great deal of memories, and for many, these memories are wonderful. For myself, they always have been. December was a symbol of happiness for me. My family would travel to come to St. Louis, we would routinely follow Christmas traditions from years before, and love was widely spread. However, last December morphed this tremendous enjoyment I got out of these winter months.…
Even though I wasn’t your typical toddler, how could I have been so stupid? I may have been an utterly curious rug rat, maybe even more. However, once an idea popped up in my pint size brain it stayed there….Until I tried it. Most things weren't terrible. They were just average ideas that most toddlers think of. Just like they say in the commercials, “Kids discover the world with their mouths.” Another example of this is like biting the table because its looks like a humongous cookie. In most cases this was true. In my case, it was a little more extreme.…
Have you ever felt that your days has come and that it time for you to give up on your life and people that truly mean the world for you? An intense feeling that you wish you will never experience again. I have always considered myself as a brave and courageous individual. On May 5th, as I woke up from a wonderful sleep, I found that my house has been invaded by monstrous creature know as Zombies. They were over the fence of my backyard and I still needed to gather some important material before sneaking off my navigator. I said to the children, “Quiet down, get low to the ground and do not let them see you!” The kids were extremely frightened, but there was no time to freeze with fear. I had to get out of there with my family as soon as possible. I knew they would find their way inside the home in a matter of minutes; so I quickly grabbed some weapons, knifes, bats, and anything sharp or hard I could find I my surrounding.…
I hide, but not in the shadows, I hide behind a mask. This is me about to divulge my story, so please read on reader. I believe that finding true freedom a person’s mask will fall off. I always told myself as a kid to keep the mask on or else I might get hurt. I do not really know where this type of thinking came from. The mask only came off when I was in the safety of my own room. For years, I stay behind my fake face waiting and watching the world in silence until the day I could take the mask off in public. I realize that taking off my mask was a risk, but it is worth seeing the world and not feeling the need to hide. That day finally came, when the sun is shinning on my back, the wind whipping through my hair and the mask fell off my face.…